#BBABC2#BBABC2

#BBABC2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.037 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC2
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(282, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 10.00, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 13.88, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0264 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.037 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7925, 43.5860, 57.0817)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC2 #B2C2AB

analogous

#B0ABC2 #BBABC2 #C2ABBE

triadic

#BBABC2 #C2BBAB #ABC2BB

tetradic

#BBABC2 #C2B0AB #B2C2AB #ABBEC2

square

#BBABC2 #C2B0AB #B2C2AB #ABBEC2

split-complementary

#BBABC2 #BEC2AB #ABC2B0

monochromatic

#81668D #9E88A8 #BBABC2 #D8CEDC #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC2

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC2	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.037 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d4',
    500: '#bbabc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc2;
$custom-light: #cfc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76199,
    "c": 0.03686,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC2

secondary

#E3E7E1

accent

#9A4B63

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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